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Thomas Heatherwick's Olympic Cauldron: it's flaming well not arthttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2013/mar/13/thomas-heatherwick-olympic-cauldron-not-art
The glorious candelabra that opened the 2012 London Games has won the South Bank art award, but leaves this art critic cold<p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/thomas-heatherwick" title="">Thomas Heatherwick</a>'s Olympic Cauldron has <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21755232" title="">won the South Bank Sky Arts award</a> for the best Britsh work of visual art in 2012. Yet the Cauldron is not a work of art, and Heatherwick is not an artist.</p><p></p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2013/mar/13/thomas-heatherwick-olympic-cauldron-not-art">Continue reading...</a>Thomas HeatherwickSculptureArtArt and designCultureOlympic legacyOlympic Games 2012UK newsOlympicsWed, 13 Mar 2013 14:08:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2013/mar/13/thomas-heatherwick-olympic-cauldron-not-artGetty ImagesMagnificent yet mundane … Thomas Heatherwick's Olympic Cauldron at the 2012 London Games opening ceremony. Photograph: Getty ImagesGetty ImagesThomas Heatherwick's Olympic Cauldron at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Photograph: Getty ImagesJonathan Jones2013-03-13T14:08:00Z